Claudia, a young 25-year-old Cuban woman, reflects on her choice of non-parenthood and reconstructs the stages that led her to this awareness: her concern for the planet and the overpopulation she witnesses lead her to question why she should generate…
Costantina recounts that she and her partner did not have children not because they lacked the will, but because of the fear - also due to a difficult past - that she would not be able to give them as…
Ivo, cultural operator from Sardinia, tells us in Campidanese Sardinian the reasons behind his choice of a life without children, despite being pressured from family and society. He reflects upon the absence of the term “parents” in Sardinian language. Vuoi…
Valeria reasons on how the context of her family of origin, made up of mothers with many children and absent fathers, may have been subconsciously crucial in her choice not to have children. Vuoi ascoltare e leggere altre testimonianze? Sostieni…
For Myriam, a researcher at the University of Cagliari, the Sardinian language is not only the language of her profession, but also the language of her heart with which she talks to her two-year-old daughter. In her testimony, Myriam focuses…
Andrés addresses the issue of parenthood and discusses his life experience, including as a gay boy, in the Colombian context. Andrés reflects from a personal and political perspective with respect to the choice of non-parenthood: he suffers from relative pressure…
Sardinian artist Maria Lai offers us a small recollection of her childhood related to where she lived, her family, and her elusive, independence-loving character. Maria Lai confides that she had a pact with her sister: if she ever had children,…
Liliana, Susi, Marisa, Rosanna, Sonia, five friends who grew up and still are activists in the feminist movement, dialogue and discuss the theme of motherhood and non-motherhood, bringing to light their own experiences. Vuoi ascoltare e leggere altre testimonianze? Sostieni…
